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Flavio Bolsonaro’s shock first-round win over Lula signals a right-wing surge in Brazil as Jair Bolsonaro, jailed for a coup plot and barred from office, claims a comeback through family victories and a strengthened Liberal Party in Congress BRASILIA : The biggest winner in Brazil's blockbuster weekend ‌election did not…

BRASILIA, Brazil — Senator Flávio Bolsonaro finished ahead of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil’s presidential election, but neither candidate secured a majority, sending the country to a second-round vote later this month. With 99.99 per cent of polling stations counted, Bolsonaro received 56,104,268 votes, or 47.03 per…

Home › World › Brazilians vote in pivotal presidential election dominated b... World Nearly 159 million voters head to the polls as incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva faces challenger Flávio Bolsonaro, with a runoff scheduled for October 25 if no candidate secures a majority President Luiz Inacio Lula da…

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA, Sept 26 - From the butcher's shop where he works near Sao Paulo's historic center, Kleyton Zacarioto says customer traffic has been slowing for years thanks, he says, to a long period of rising food prices. The prolonged squeeze on household budgets has turned the 39-year-old against leftist President…

A giant balloon depicting US President Donald Trump holding Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is seen as supporters of Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro of the Liberal Party (PL) take part in a rally during the Independence Day parade along Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on September…

BRASÍLIA, Sept 4 - An open conflict between justices has engulfed Brazil’s Supreme Court, as it weighs whether to investigate two of its own in what may be the biggest test of its credibility since the country returned to democracy four decades ago. One of the justices at the center…

BRASILIA, Sep 3 - Weeks before Brazil's October election, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is running one of the country's most cautious presidential campaigns in years as he tries to protect a razor-thin lead in the polls against right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, advisers close to his campaign told Reuters.…

Pariente Advisory founder and principal Alex W Pariente assesses political risk, institutional stability and the questions that investors should be asking about Brazil. The first aspect is politics. Congress returned from recess on 3 August, and the government intends to advance PL 2,258/2026 before the first round of the elections.…

PUBLISHED : 18 Aug 2026 at 02:45 Brazil's National Data Protection Agency (ANPD) has ordered the US-based tech company to suspend livestreams on August 12. (Photo: AFP) BRASíLIA - Popular messaging platform Discord said Monday that it had complied with a Brazilian government order to suspend livestreaming and video calls…

Donald Trump’s administration has revoked the visa of Brazil’s ambassador to the US in a sharp escalation of a diplomatic feud with the country’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The US state department said Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti’s visa had been cancelled in retaliation for Brazil’s refusal to approve…